Forbu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Forbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Forbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forbu is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Forbu.
How Common Is The Last Name Forbu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Forbu is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Forbu reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Forbu is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 50 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Forbu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent are found and India, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbus | 91 | 1,888 | / |
| Forbuh | 91 | 22 | / |
| Forbau | 91 | 21 | / |
| Forbou | 91 | 6 | / |
| Fourbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Forbui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Forbush | 83 | 1,924 | / |
| Forbutt | 83 | 97 | / |
| Forbuss | 83 | 22 | / |
| Forbuth | 83 | 1 | / |
| Forbust | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fourbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Farbu | 80 | 142 | / |
| Ferbu | 80 | 35 | / |
| Furbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Forbault | 77 | 86 | / |
| Forbusch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vorbau | 73 | 396 | / |
| Farbus | 73 | 23 | / |
| Ferbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Farbuś | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furbau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Farbuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furbus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phorbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furbush | 67 | 1,081 | / |
| Farboud | 67 | 72 | / |
| Farbush | 67 | 18 | / |
| Voorbui | 67 | 15 | / |
| Voorbuy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phorbus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farbous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Farbutt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Farbust | 67 | 0 | / |
| Farbuss | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Forbu
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